Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 12, Chapter 07, Text 12

SB 12.7.12

purusanugrhitanam
 etesam vasana-mayah
visargo ’yam samaharo
 bijad bijam caracaram
 
Translation: 
 
The secondary creation, which exists by the mercy of the Lord, is the manifest amalgamation of the desires of the living entities. Just as a seed produces additional seeds, activities that promote material desires in the performer produce moving and nonmoving life forms.
 
Purport: 
 
Just as a seed grows into a tree that produces thousands of new seeds, material desire develops into fruitive activity that stimulates thousands of new desires within the heart of the conditioned soul. The word purusanugrhitanam indicates that by the mercy of the Supreme Lord one is allowed to desire and act in this world.
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